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Community and Development
The Grove City Community Winds (GCCW) is one of the most celebrated community bands in
Ohio featuring a cross section of dedicated musicians ranging in age from 20 to 70. As many as
25 members are former South-Western City School District music students or current or past
music educators.
James Swearingen, the Winds’ music director for the past 15 years, is recognized as one of the
most accomplished composers in the world. With nearly 600 published works, his band com-
positions and arrangements reflect a variety of musical forms and style. Swearingen frequent-
ly appears as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician throughout the United States and
across the globe.
The GCCW is one of our community points of pride. Share an evening of cultural pleasure with
Ohio’s best community band in central Ohio’s “Best Hometown.”
The spring concert this year is a shared performance with the Westerville Community Concert
Band at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 9 in Mees Hall, Capital University, East Mound Street, Bexley, Ohio
43209.
The GCCW performs with the New Albany Winds at 7 p.m., Monday, May 8 for an evening of
festive music at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, 100 East Dublin Granville
Road, New Albany, Ohio 43054.
These performances highlight celebratory music of James Swearingen, Ryan Nowlin, Brian Bal-
mages and Robert Thurston.
The GCCW will kick off the Grove City Summer Sizzle Concert Series from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Friday,
May 26 in Grove City Town Center with patriotic music in honor of Memorial Day.
Summer concert information will be posted when available on the GCCW website at www.
gccwwinds.org, invite friends to join us on facebook.com/GCCWinds or email at gccwinds@
yahoo.com.
The new library has been up and running for six months now! With significantly more space than the previous Park
St. location, the library is able to offer a variety of services with ample room to accommodate patrons.
“Patrons are spending more time here,” Mark Dubovec at the library says, “We even have people who are spending
all day with us.”
The most well attended events continue to be the Youth Services events. These events include story times, puppet
shows, teen events and more. Little kids have always been a focus of the library’s reach. Harper’s Grove, new in
the library, offers the opportunity for children to exercise their motor, memory and reading skills. There are games,
books and computers available for the children that cater to their level of learning.
“Teens have always been under served by librarys,” Dubovec says, “But with a new dedicated teen space, we are
working to cater to how they learn and like to spend time with us.”
June 10 marks the beginning of the Summer Reading Club. The theme this year is “Build a Better World”. This will
focus on construction and STEM programs for children, but also help children learn about helping and building the
community as a whole.
“It is not just learning to read,” Dubovec says, “It is also about reading to learn.”
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